PERFORMANCE
TEST ENGINES Twin MAN V8-1200 16.2-litre
V8 1,200hp diesel engines
FIGURES ECO FAST MAX
RPM 600 1,000 1,250 1,500 1,750 2,000 2,150 2,200
Speed 5.8 9.5 11.0 13.9 18.7 24.6 28.6 30.5
LPH 12 52 114 190 278 386 450 452
GPH 2.6 11.4 25.1 41.8 61.1 84.9 99.0 99.4
MPG 2.23 0.83 0.44 0.33 0.31 0.29 0.29 0.31
Range 1,570 584 310 232 218 204 204 218
Trim 0o 1o 2o 4o 5o 6o 4o 3.5o
SOUND LEVELS dB(A)
Helm 58 61 63 66 70 71 73 73
THE COSTS & OPTIONS
Price from £1,479,000
(Twin MAN V8-1000 1,000hp)
Price as tested £2,346,548Crew cabin £22,522
Hardtop £95,218
Platinum Med package £98,434
Xenta joystick system £29,821
Cockpit bar £10,368
Beach club package £6,150
Nav suite upgrade £7,464
Sleipner stabilisers £83,736AZIMUT 66
Price from £2.15m
Handsome, chic, fast and
sleek, with a great interior but
a rather small fourth cabin.
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interesting to test this boat with the
third machinery option, Volvo Penta
IPS 1200s. In spite of the name this
installation uses 12.8-litre 6-cylinder
units of 900hp apiece, and in spite of
the smaller engines, an IPS-powered
Manhattan 66 tips the scales more than
a tonne heavier than its MAN equivalent.
But it might prove to be more fuel-effi cient
than its shaftdrive siblings.VERDICT
At the time of our test Sunseeker claimed
to have orders for 36 Manhattan 66s, which
is not bad going for a boat launched last
January. But it is really not hard to see why.
With spacious and airy accommodationon the main deck, eight decent berths in
four cabins, and excellent layouts on all
three levels, Sunseeker’s latest fl ybridge
yacht is a luxury living platform which
sits up there with the best in its class.
It is also very, very keenly priced, at
least until you start ticking the boxes
on the options list, which is long and
comprehensive. With a real choice of
propulsion packages and an attractive
variety of interior schemes on offer, this
is a yacht which ought to be able to fi nd
favour in any market. Once the engineers
have got those props sorted out, as they
surely will, the Manhattan 66 could prove
to be the boat to beat.
Contact http://www.sunseeker.comTHE HELM VIEW
RIVALS
PRINCESS 68
Price from £2.31m
A little longer, a little beamier,
a little bigger inside, with
more power and more speed.It is very, very keenly priced, at least until
you start ticking boxes on the options list
Throttle levers and Xenta
joystick are convenient –(^) assuming you’re right-handed
Engine instrumentation and
autopilot screen are partially
hidden behind the wheel
Wheel, radar and compass
are in line, exactly as they
should be for safe navigation
A big tender on the
aft platform is a lot of
weight where it’s not wanted
BOAT REPORT